Erected c. 1864, this one-room schoolhouse served hundreds of children in Bridport for nearly a century. Originally founded as the first district school in Bridport, it later became known as Hathorne School, reflecting the name of a nearby . . . — — Map (db m96475) HM
William Slade was one of Vermont’s great public servants and an ardent abolitionist. Born when Vermont was an independent republic, he died just before the Civil War.
A graduate of Middlebury College admitted to the bar in 1810, Slade was a . . . — — Map (db m135841) HM
The one-room Corner School, established here at “Codfish Corners,” operated from 1871 to 1951 for grades 1 through 8. Previously, G.V. Wilson’s blacksmith shop (1860-69) and the I.H. Archer Store (1869-74) stood at this site. Granville once had 10 . . . — — Map (db m196206) HM
In this house, the home of SAMUEL MILLER, ESQ. September 30, 1798 Timothy Dwight, President of Yale College, counseled with Gamaliel Painter and other citizens of Middlebury concerning the founding of Middlebury College. This conference led to the . . . — — Map (db m76001) HM
From 1796 to 1814 Court Square was the site of the first Addison County Courthouse, which also served as the seat of the Vermont Legislature (1800, 1806), and home of Middlebury’s first female academy (1800). Here in June 1804 a New York slaveholder . . . — — Map (db m135859) HM
Emma Hart came to Middlebury in 1807 to take charge of the Female Academy. After her marriage to Dr. John Willard, the town’s first physician, she gave the earliest collegiate instruction for women in America at a Seminary in her home, during the . . . — — Map (db m244752) HM
Front side of marker In memory of Emma Hart Willard who wrote at Middlebury in 1818 the Magna Carta for higher education of women in America.
Rear side of marker
Education should seek to bring its subjects to the perfection of . . . — — Map (db m136530) HM
In this house, the home of Samuel Miller, Esq., Timothy Dwight, president of Yale College, counseled with Gamaliel Painter and other citizens of Middlebury concerning the founding of Middlebury College.
This conference led to the granting of the . . . — — Map (db m136473) HM
The Shire Town
Middlebury was chartered in 1761 as one of New Hampshire Governor Benning Wentworth’s land grants. The first settlers claimed land in the town in 1766, but were forced back to southern New England during the Revolutionary War. . . . — — Map (db m136535) HM
A distinguished American poet by recognition and a Vermonter by preference, Robert Frost was Poet Laureate of Vermont and for many years “First Citizen” of the Town of Ripton. He was long associated with the Middlebury College School of . . . — — Map (db m37171) HM
Known for her depiction of rural life in Vermont, Fisher was a popular novelist and proponent of education. She introduced the Montessori teaching method to American readers and helped found the Adult Education Association in the U.S. Born in . . . — — Map (db m78248) HM
Here two Presidents taught school at the beginning of their careers. Chester A. Arthur, a graduate of Union College, educated Pownal youth in 1851. Later while an undergraduate at Williams College, James A. Garfield did likewise. When Garfield was . . . — — Map (db m78255) HM
The children of Lyndon Center attended school in this wooden building for 43 years. It then served as a cemetery storage garage until its restoration by the Lyndon Historical Society during 2002-2004. Now it is home to an exhibit depicting life in a . . . — — Map (db m136692) HM
Built by the Town of Lyndon in the summer of 1809 as a meeting house for the religious services of four congregations – Baptist, Congregational, Methodist, and Universalist – and for town meetings. The “Town House” was . . . — — Map (db m136690) HM
Dedicated to the memory of Theodore Newton Vail (1848–1920), president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, a most generous benefactor of Lyndon Institute and Vail Agricultural School – one who had faith in the young people . . . — — Map (db m87926) HM
Caledonia County was set out from Orange County in 1792. Peacham chose to provide a County grammar school rather than a courthouse. The Caledonia County Grammar School (Peacham Academy) was chartered in 1795, the third County grammar school in . . . — — Map (db m77694) HM
(National Register of Historic Places Plaque)
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum
Has been designated a
National Historic Landmark
This building possesses National Significance
in commemorating the history of the
. . . — — Map (db m116649) HM
Vermont's first and for many years only four year vocational school opened on Western Avenue on September 3, 1918. Needing skilled workers during World War I, Fairbanks, Morse & Co. started an all-day co-operative school where young men could learn . . . — — Map (db m77584) HM
When Eleazer Wheelock founded Dartmouth in 1769, he sought land grants to support the new college. In 1785 the Vermont legislature chartered and named a town of 23,000 acres for Wheelock. In the early 1800's substantial support for financially . . . — — Map (db m87807) HM
In 1983, a group of lesbian feminists began planning for the first Vermont Pride march to be held in Burlington and invited the gay male community to join. At the time, public celebration of pride in Vermont was controversial. Vermonters attended . . . — — Map (db m203159) HM
Named to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the University of Vermont’s first graduating class, Centennial Field has been the home of UVM athletics since 1906. The three ballparks that have stood on this site have hosted semi-professional and . . . — — Map (db m23429) HM
"We consider it criminal in the sight of God and man, longer silently to submit to our indignities, or suffer them to be transmitted to posterity." Andrew Harris was one of the first African Americans to earn a college degree. The antislavery . . . — — Map (db m97754) HM
Born here on Oct. 20, 1859, John Dewey attended local schools and in 1879 graduated from the University of Vermont. Dewey was world-renowned as a philosopher and author of many books. Ideas drawn from his educational doctrines profoundly influenced . . . — — Map (db m75558) HM
This school was one of thirteen one-room schoolhouses in Charlotte. It was built around 1850 and was in use until 1950. One-room schoolhouses were built throughout the town in order to educate the children of nearby farm families. Children between . . . — — Map (db m108961) HM
In 1810, Vermont State Law required towns to raise a minimum of 1 cent on the dollar in property taxes for support of town schools. The one room schoolhouse before you was built between 1815 and 1827 to serve students on the area once known as South . . . — — Map (db m88739) HM
The distinctive diamond-shaped interior framing of this structure gives Diamond Barn its name. The building has housed a variety of exhibits, from brass foundry patterns to folk art. Today, the lower level of the building serves as a seasonal . . . — — Map (db m109442) HM
Charlotte Meeting House was built by the community's Methodist congregation. The building's architectural details reflect Greek design influences, including the triangular pediment created by cornice moldings. During the building's 112-year history . . . — — Map (db m109101) HM
Originally used for ticketing, information, and the museum store, Owl Cottage today is a lively center for hands-on experiences for children. Toys, books, games, and craft activities engage visitors of all ages. — — Map (db m109438) HM
The one-room Schoolhouse was the first structure moved to the Museum. The building has several distinct classical architectural features, including a projecting bell tower, arched door opening, and sash windows. The structure originally stood on . . . — — Map (db m109087) HM
Stone Cottage is constructed of limestone laid in straight courses rather than in the more common scatterstone technique. It was originally built as a farmhand's house; the first tenants were a family of five, including husband and wife, two . . . — — Map (db m109083) HM
This building was designed to complement neighboring historic structures. The main block, flanked by matched wings, echoes the symmetry and scale of nearby Dorset House, and the brick façade reflects the construction materials of the Schoolhouse . . . — — Map (db m109476) HM
Shelburne Museum's founder Electra Havemeyer Webb (1888-1960) was a pioneering collector of American folk art who established the Museum in 1947 to celebrate, in her words, "the art of everyday people" and to create "an educational project, varied . . . — — Map (db m109010) HM
The Old Schoolhouse was once one of 15 one-room schools serving Underhill. The first school building for Underhill Center was built on this site in 1820 and was replaced in 1836 by another school, which was destroyed after it served as a . . . — — Map (db m151135) HM
The first recognized school for the purpose of training teachers was conducted near here by the Rev. Samuel Read Hall, 1823-25. Practice teaching was employed, with lectures on Schoolkeeping, which became in 1829, the first professional book for . . . — — Map (db m74469) HM
Peter Bent Brigham
Philanthropist Peter Bent Brigham was born in Bakersfield on February 4, 1807. At the age of 17, he left to seek his fortune in Boston. With little formal schooling, he became a self-made millionaire, with success as a . . . — — Map (db m177612) HM
For more than a century, the students
of St. Albans made this building
a center of scholarship, sports
and citizenship. Constructed in
1860 in the Renaissance Revival
style, the building replaced two
schools-the first built in 1800,
the . . . — — Map (db m140482) HM
The Schoolhouse was built in 1814 and also is known
as the "Block Schoolhouse.” It was constructed of
foot-thick, squared-off logs, which can be viewed
through a stove air vent on the outside south wall.
Timbers were laid like a log cabin with . . . — — Map (db m195823) HM
Born in Virginia in 1850, Henderson was employed as a servant by Henry Carpenter, adjutant in the Eighth Vermont Regiment in the Civil War. In 1865 he accompanied Carpenter to his home in Belvidere and began "to learn his letters." After study with . . . — — Map (db m74259) HM
In 1791, Schoolmaster Justin Morgan brought into Vermont the colt that was to bear his name and to make them both famous. This Morgan horse which Justin Morgan took as payment of a debt, became the ancestor of one of the greatest breeds of horses . . . — — Map (db m79946) HM
Near this site stood the first Public School in Vermont for special training of teachers. It burned in 1893; rebuilt at a cost of $12,000 in 1894. Many of the 1623 graduates had long and distinguished careers in the educational professions. Four . . . — — Map (db m79924) HM
Justin Smith Morrill 1810-1898
Born in Strafford Village, Justin S. Morrill was the son of a blacksmith. He entered politics in 1854 serving in the United States Congress for a total of nearly 44 years. As a member of the House of . . . — — Map (db m104075) HM
Born April 14, 1810, Senator Morrill served 43 years in the Congress. He won unique fame as author of the Morrill Acts, signed by Abraham Lincoln, 1862. These established our land-grant colleges and universities, securing and broadening higher . . . — — Map (db m65008) HM
Alexander Lucius Twilight taught here in Brownington at the Orleans County Grammar school for 20 years of his career. He was an open minded and forward thinking educator, beloved by his students. Mr. Twilight emphasized the study of the natural . . . — — Map (db m221756) HM
In 1836, Rev. Alexander Twilight, the schoolmaster of the Orleans County Grammar School, on a main stage route to Canada, built this structure, Athenian Hall, as a dormitory for his pupils. It now holds the interesting collection of the County . . . — — Map (db m85871) HM
The Orleans County Grammar School was built at the foot of Prospect Hill in 1823 by William Baxter, a prominent citizen of Brownington. He asked that worship services for the Congregational Church be held on the second floor until a permanent . . . — — Map (db m221755) HM
Sterling College was among the first colleges and universities in the United States to offer a liberal arts curriculum focused on the environment. It was founded here in Craftsbury Common in 1958 as a boys’ preparatory school known as Sterling . . . — — Map (db m136063) HM
On this site the Derby Literary and Theological Institute - a private boarding school - was founded by the Danville Baptist Association on one acre of land given by Lemuel Richmond and Benjamin Hinman. Colonel Chester Carpenter led a campaign for . . . — — Map (db m75586) HM
Presented June 2001
By The Derby Academy Alumni
Derby Academy Bell
Cast by George H. Holbrook in Midway Mass
in 1841. Moved from the old boarding house
about 1869, it hung in the Academy building until
the building was replaced by the . . . — — Map (db m198515) HM
This structure is doubly unusual: it not only straddles the Canada-United States boundary but also contains the rare combination of a library and a theatre. Built between 1901 and 1904 as the gift of the Haskell family of Vermont, it testifies to . . . — — Map (db m75167) HM
Established in 1915, the program served Vermonters with mental retardation and developmental disabilities continuously until 1993. Founded as the Brandon State School for Feebleminded Children, the name was changed to Brandon State School in 1929 . . . — — Map (db m76003) HM
(side 1)
Teacher Lawyer Orator Statesman
United States Senator from Illinois 1847 to 1861
Democratic candidate for President of United States
against Abraham Lincoln. Loyal supporter of Lincoln and
the Union in the early days . . . — — Map (db m136876) HM
On this site Castleton State College, Vermont’s first college and the eighteenth oldest in the nation, was first established as the Rutland County Grammar School, chartered by the General Assembly of the Republic of Vermont on October 15, 1787. The . . . — — Map (db m78184) HM
Castleton Medical College was the first such college in Vermont. This structure, built in 1821, was originally located on Main Street west of the present town library. In 1864 a leading citizen presented the building to Harriet Haskell, Principal . . . — — Map (db m78198) HM
Ralph Kehoe
1928 -1989
Athlete, War Hero,
Coach and Teacher
First Four Letter UVM Athlete
1973 UVM Hall of Fame
Korean War Silver and Bronze [S]tars, Purple Heart
1954 – 58 FHHS coach and teacher
1956 – 57 state and . . . — — Map (db m109317) HM WM
Martin Freeman, born in Rutland, became the first black college president in the United States and was a member of the second East Parish Congregational Church which stood on this site. He was prepared by Pastor William Mitchell for Middlebury . . . — — Map (db m77981) HM
Rutland native Martin Henry Freeman was a ground-breaking African American educator and abolitionist. Born May 11, 1826, Freeman was tutored by East Parish Congregational Church's Rev. William Mitchell, and was among the first African Americans . . . — — Map (db m229879) HM
By the mid-1800s, Pawlet had 10 one-room schoolhouses. The Braintree School
was built in 1852 replacing a prior wooden structure that had burned. It is
located in a small settlement known as Braintree, which was named for New
Braintree, . . . — — Map (db m138754) HM
Founded by Captain Alden Partridge in 1819 as the American Literary, Scientific and Military Academy at Norwich, Vermont, Norwich University was relocated to Northfield, Vermont in 1866. Partridge’s innovative curriculum combined military, . . . — — Map (db m95456) HM
Henry Janes, physician, soldier, farmer, and humanitarian, was born here January 24, 1832. As head of services at the Union Army hospital immediately after the Battle of Gettysburg, Dr. Janes faced the challenge of caring for 20,000 wounded Union . . . — — Map (db m86683) HM
Glenwood Ladies’ Seminary opened in September 1860, with Hiram Orcutt as founder and principal. It was among the 19th-century examples of private secondary boarding schools for females in Vermont. The course of study included Composition, Logic, . . . — — Map (db m150443) HM
Designed - 1821 - by Dr. John "Thunderbolt" Wilson.
Built in 1822 on this site deeded to the Town of Brookline by Peter Benson, for the sum of $5.00.
Dr. Wilson, a former Scottish highwayman, taught the first term of 60 pupils who sat on . . . — — Map (db m74490) HM
1857 Schoolhouse No. 6 This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m74392) HM
Chester Academy
A Legislative Act created Chester Academy on October 30, 1814, and it opened March 13, 1815 on this site. A unique hexagonal cupola crowned the Federal-style brick building. Local families financed the school, with the Chester . . . — — Map (db m117222) HM
A gift to the town from
Ernest N. Martin
1874 - 1965
in memory of four generations
of his family to live in Hartland
Martin Memorial Library
opened on July 8, 1961
during Hartland's bicentennial
celebration to serve as a . . . — — Map (db m230036) HM
Born in Ludlow in 1828 and educated at Black River Academy, Abby Maria Hemenway was the editor of the Vermont Historical Gazetteer, a five volume compilation of local history, published between 1860 and 1891. For thirty years, Hemenway . . . — — Map (db m78155) HM
A native of Norwich, Vermont, Alden Partridge was a pioneer in American military education. Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point from 1815 to 1817, he returned here in 1819 to found the American Literary, Scientific and Military . . . — — Map (db m32159) HM
This tablet marks the site of the American Literary, Scientific, and Military Academy. Founded by Captain Alden Partridge in 1819 and incorporated as the Norwich University by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont in 1834. Following a . . . — — Map (db m44863) HM
On June 17, 1785, the Vermont General Assembly enacted a law which designated “the place for keeping a County Grammar School in and for Windsor County, shall be at the house commonly known by the name the Red Schoolhouse in Norwich,” . . . — — Map (db m32189) HM
Near this spot stood the Old South Barracks of Norwich University where, at 9:00 pm on April 10, 1856 Theta Chi Fraternity was founded by Frederick Norton Freeman and Arthur Chase — — Map (db m32162) HM
Achsa Sprague was born and lived in Plymouth Notch, teaching in the stone school by age 12. At 20, she contracted a mysterious disease and spent seven years bedridden, waking one day miraculously cured. Attributing recovery to angelic powers, she . . . — — Map (db m103339) HM
Born in 1874, Jessie LaFountain attended Burlington Business College and worked as a government reporter at Fort Ethan Allen in Colchester/Essex, Vermont. In 1898 she married Frederick H. Bigwood and shortly thereafter entered the office of V.A. . . . — — Map (db m73938) HM
The Eureka Schoolhouse, constructed between 1785 and 1790, is Vermont’s oldest one-room school and one of the few surviving 18th century public buildings in the state. It was originally located in the “Eureka Four Corners,” northeast of . . . — — Map (db m74965) HM
Born in Springfield, Vermont in 1890, daughter of Governor James Hartness and wife of U.S. Senator Ralph E. Flanders, Helen Hartness Flanders became an internationally recognized ballad collector and authority on folk music. Among her many . . . — — Map (db m85970) HM
Amos Barnes of Boston, Massachusetts erected this neoGothic Revival building in memory of George W. Gates and his family. Mr. Gates, an engineer in charge of the construction of the local Western Union Telegraph Company system, and the supervisor . . . — — Map (db m224108) HM
The Academy was chartered, with backing from the Universalist Church, as the Green Mountain Liberal Institute in 1848. It provided secondary schooling to men and women ages 15 to 20. Land for the “liberal & scientific institute” was donated by . . . — — Map (db m203585) HM
